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the same appearance with the other, but smaller 

 and much shorter : the ends beset with narrow 

 leaves, between which the white flowers come 

 out and appear. Jt is a native of Africa. 



Some also have a dwarf-trailing and doublee- 

 branching as well as other varieties. 



The fifth species is a wandlike suberect plant, 

 six feet high, the whole of it abounding in a 

 white bitterish milky juice : the stems numerous, 

 round, smooth, weak, very pliant, branched, the 

 thickness of a finger or the thumb, the older 

 ones ash-coloured, the younger green : the leaves 

 some obtuse, others acute, coriaceous, quite en- 

 tire, petioled, deep green, two or three inches 

 long, deciduous except on the branches, the 

 middle dorsal nerve and the petiole augment- 

 ed by a longitudinal lamella more or less waved 

 and conspicuous, at first frequently tomentose 

 on both sides, hut with the upper surface very 

 even, and the edges extremely waved ; afterwards 

 both sides always become flat and smooth : the 

 peduncles one-flowered, short, aggregate about 

 the extremities of the branchlets, coming out 

 principally when the plant is without leaves : the 

 flowers are void of scent, of a beautiful scarlet 

 colour. It is a native of the Caribbee Islands. 



There are varieties with laurel leaves and 

 variegated leaves. 



The sixth has a roundish, upright, succulent 

 Stem, about three feet high, putting out several 

 branches on the side, of the same form ; the 

 angles are armed with long, single, black spines : 

 at the ends of the branches come out small 

 flowers, which are sometimes succeeded by small 

 fruit. It is a native of the Cape. 



The seventh has also roundish stems, swelling 

 out in the middle, and having knobbed angles, 

 between which come out long straight spines ; 

 these stems are two feet high, and put a few 

 branches from their side of the same form, at 

 the ends of which flowers are produced, sitting 

 close upon the angles, they are small andof a yel- 

 lowish green colour. It differs from the preceding 

 in having the angles doubled and swelling a 

 little; and the spines single between the tubercles, 

 which are placed longitudinally. It is a native 

 of the Cape, flowering in July and August. 



The eighth species has an upright, succulent 

 stem, from three to four feet high, with oblong 



smooth sessile leaves ; the upper part dicho- 

 tomous, and an umbel comes out from each 

 division; that in the first being the largest, and 

 those in the upper the smallest. The flowers 

 are of a greenish yellow colour, appearing in 

 June and July, and are soon after succeeded by 

 fruit. It is a native of France, &c. 



Culture. — All these plants maybe raised by 

 setting cuttings made at a joint five or six inches 

 long, after being rubbed in sand, and laid on a 

 shelf a few days to have the wounds healed over. 

 in the summer, about June, in small pots filled 

 with light, dry, sandy mould, with some rub- 

 bish at the bottoms, such as that constituted of 

 a fourth part of screened lime rubbish, the same 

 proportion of sea-sand, and one half of light 

 fresh vegetable earth, well mixed and blendid 

 together by frequent turning over, plunging 



them in the bark hot-bed, 



giving 



due shade in 



hot sunny weather, and a little water once or 

 twice a week, as there may be occasion. When 

 the plants have stricken root they should have 

 air admitted pretty freely in that situation, or be 

 removed into the stove to be hardened before 

 winter. 



They must afterwards be allowed larger pots 

 once a year as they advance in growth, and be 

 frequently refreshed with water in the summer 

 season, but only very sparingly in the winter. 



Most of these sorts are capable of being kept 

 on the shelves of hot-houses, and some of 

 them, as the fifth, sixth, and seventh, in a dry 

 airy green-house, or glass-case, during the 

 winter season, care being taken to guard them 

 against the frost, and in the summer they may 

 be set out in the open air. 



The fourth species stands in need of support 

 to prevent the weight of the branches forcing- 

 it upon the pots; "and by such management 

 they will rise four or five feet in height, pro- 

 ducing numerous side-branches. 



The eighth sort requires little or no care v ' n 

 once introduced, except keeping the young 

 plants clean, as it will be continued by its scat- 

 tering the seeds. 



The whole of these sorts, except the last, 

 afford variety in hot- and green -house col- 

 lections, and that in the borders of the plea- 

 sure-ground. 



